Improvement in policemen s batons



UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

EDW'ARD D. BEAN, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN POLICEMENS BATONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,360, dated September 29, 1874 application filed August 24, 1874.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. BEAN, of Chelsea, Suifolk county, Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Policemans Billy, of which the following is a specification:

This billy is composed throughout of leather, except perhaps some exterior ornamentation, and possesses advantages hereinafter eX- plained.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure l, a side view, and in Fig. 2, a longitudinal section ot' a billy embodying my invention.

In manufacturing this billy I proceed as follows: A number of pieces of thick, firm leather, a a, Src., are provided of l such size and form as, when combined, to build up a body somewhat greater than the finished size ot' the Weapon, these pieces or blanks of leatherbeinglaid upon one another and cemented firmly together, by which a solid and compactbodyis obtained. Inextinsertinoneendof this body of leather a steel or iron arbor, which extends axially about two-thirds through the length of such body, and serves to center the same at one end, and to stiften it to such a degree that it may be turned ofi' in a lathe, the opposite center of the lathe being stepped directly n the leather. This arbor is subsequently removed. The mass of leather is now reduced in the lathe to a cylinder of such length and form as may be desired, or as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, and the cylinder is then covered with a iinishing coat, b, of leather cemented about it in a proper manner. The handle portion c of the billy may, if desired, be supplied with a braided covering to enable a strong grasp to be maintained upon it, and it may be ornamented according to the taste of the purchaser. The small or outer end of the handle is to be provided With a thong or sling of leather, after the usual method, or it may be furnished with a swivel in lieu of the thong.

In the exercise of my duties as policeman I have found a billy of this character to possess the following merits: First, it does not readily become defaced or scarred, as a polished Wooden club is liable to do. Second, it possesses an easy feeling in the hand; a more Iirm gripe may be had upon it than a Wooden billy. Third, it cannot be broken, as is often the case with a Wooden billy. Fourth, it is very durable, and, with care, will last a lifetime 5 and final] y, it possesses a very neat and, if desirable. ornamental appearance.

I do not eonline myself to the manner herein described of building up the body of the roll, as this may be carried out in various Ways and the same result arrived at.

I claim- A policemans club or baton consisting ot' the stufng-pieces a a, covering b, and handle, all made of leather cemented together, substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

. EDWARD D. BEAN. I'Vitnesses:

F. CURTIS, W. E. BOARDMAN. 

